Grain-drying device



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PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE GENTSLINGER, OF WAPAKONETA, OHIO.

'GRAIN-DRYING DEVICE.

Application filed August 7, 1926. Serial No.'.127,772.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for dryin out grain, which has been put in a crib or %in in a damp or green condition and my arrange- 6 ment or apparatus ma also be used for drying out other pro ucts, such as hay, flax, etc. I With the foregoing and other objects in view that will appear as the nature of my 10 invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only and are there fore not drawn to scale:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the application of my invention in the drying out of grain.

Figure 2 is a'horizontal section, taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail plan view of one of the galvanized pipes employed in carrying out my invention.

Figure 4: is a central longitudinal section, taken on line 44 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a detail plan view of a modified form of my inventlon, showing how the galvanized pipe may be made in two sections and Fi ure 6 is a central longitudinal section, ta en on line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of my invention and in which drawings like parts are designated by like reference characters throughout the several views, my apparatus comprises a galvanized pipe 1, preferably from four to five inches in diameter, in which half-moonshaped holes 2 are punched and which are partially covered by the unched out mate rial with the result that t e holes are merely slits too small to allow small grain to sift or ass through.

he pipe 1 may be made in one piece or in diameter than section 3 and has telescopic I connection therewith. In the modified form of my invention, the punched out material 5 of the smaller section 4; extends into the inside thereof and the punched out material 6 of the larger section 3 extends outwardly in order to allow free movement of the two sections when extended or adjusted to the desired length.

Pipes 1 are used by laying them in the crib on top of a layer of grain with one end resting against the central upright pipe 7 of the crib 8 and then opposite ends resting against the outer wall 9 of the crib. Said pipes are laid like spokes in a wheel on successive layers of corn or grain. They may also be used in square or rectangular cribs or bins by laying them crosswise of the same and in this case, small holes may be bored into both sides of the crib to allow air to enter the pipes.

One end of the pipes are preferably rounded to fit the wall or round metal cribs and their opposite ends rounded to fit the upright center pipe of the crib.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, it is thought that the construction, operation and advantages of my invention will be readily under stood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: v

A device for drying grain comprisin a hollow, ipe consisting of larger and sma ler telescopic sections, each formed with a plurality of half-moon-shaped slots partially covered by the punched out material, the punched out material of the smaller section extending into the inside thereof and the punched out material of the larger section extending exteriorly of the same, substantially as and for the purpose spec1fied.

In testimony whereof he aflixes his signature.

two sect1ons 3 and 4, as preferred, and in the latter case section 4' is made smaller in GEORGE GENTSLINGER. 

